The terrifying energy explosion kicked up massive clouds of smoke, and even the surrounding buildings were coated in a layer of dust.
"Did we get him?"
Lance dispersed the lightning around him and stared intently at the center of the explosion.
But Zephyr and the other veteran Marines still looked serious.
Which ant Hamr's berserk state hadn't ended yet.
"Don't let your guard down."
"Awakened Devil Fruit users experience a massive increase in stamina alongside their fruit abilities."
"While it's not as exaggerated as Zoan-types, the boost is still significant."
"Especially for soone like Hamr, who directly transforms himself into a hamr."
"I'd estimate the hardness of the hamr he becos has already reached an unimaginable level."
Sengoku adjusted his glasses as he explained so theories about Devil Fruits.
And the truth was exactly as he said.
The improvents brought by Devil Fruit awakenings were enormous.
And they were closely related to the user.
As long as the developed ability directly affected the user's own body, it could indirectly strengthen their physical durability.
There was no need to even ntion Zoan-types.
They literally transford between human and beast forms, making the enhancent the most obvious.
Next were people like Hamr, who directly applied their ability onto themselves.
That would absolutely elevate the toughness of their body to another level entirely.
BOOM!
The instant Sengoku finished speaking, changes appeared at the center of the explosion.
Crimson light suddenly erupted.
The flas boiled violently like wild horses breaking free of their reins.
"Damn it, Heavy Hamr Fla?"
"This level of power and range…"
"Sengoku!"
"Use your shockwaves to contain the flas in this area!"
"They can't be allowed to spread!"
"Lance, you're the fastest!"
"Go sound the alarm!"
The mont Zephyr saw the flas begin surging, he imdiately realized things were bad.
Sengoku nodded.
The golden Buddha instantly rose into the air.
"Buddha Shockwave!"
"Buddha Bell!"
He clasped his palms together, then suddenly leaped upward.
Both palms thrust forward simultaneously.
Golden shockwaves instantly ford into the shape of a massive bell, trapping Hamr inside.
No matter how violently the flas rose, they couldn't break through the shockwave barrier.
"Hoh, haven't seen that move in a long ti."
"Good thing you rembered it, Zephyr."
"I always thought Sengoku only knew how to smack people around with shockwaves."
Old man Kong scratched his head while looking at Sengoku showing off his power, casually saying sothing that nearly caused Sengoku to die on the spot.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Old man Kong, stop talking already."
"If Sengoku gets too emotional and the Buddha Bell breaks, this entire district is finished."
Zephyr burst into laughter.
He knew Sengoku's abilities extrely well.
After all, he had experienced this once himself back in the day.
"Fleet Admiral Kong, my hearing is perfectly fine!"
"Dammit, Zephyr! Stop laughing and think of a solution!"
"Maintaining this ability nonstop is exhausting!"
Sengoku was furious.
He was the one doing all the work while those two old n were chatting leisurely below.
'This lazy bums'
After cursing, he turned and glared viciously at Hamr, who had transford into a hamr.
"Dammit, Hamr!"
"This is all your fault!"
"What the hell are you going berserk for?!"
"If you don't properly forge my exclusive weapon, you're finished!"
Under normal circumstances, those angry words wouldn't have mattered at all.
But now?
Hamr's confusion and eventual berserk state had originally been triggered by his conflict regarding forging and justice.
Of course, this also had sothing to do with the nature of this world itself.
If this had been Hamr's previous world, at worst he would've just emo'd for a while.
But where was this place?
This was the world of One Piece, where negative emotions could beco powerful enough to blow systems apart.
The words "forge weapons" once again stimulated the unstable mass of negativity within Hamr's mind.
And just like that, his berserk state beca even more complete.
BOOM!
DUANG!
Countless hamr strikes exploded forth amidst the swirling flas.
DUANG!
The hamr strikes slamd into the Buddha Bell, causing violent tremors.
Shockwaves clashed against shockwaves.
And poor Sengoku suffered the most because of it.
What had originally been a defensive battle instantly beca a war of endurance.
The collision between both abilities rang out across the skies of Marineford like deafening bell chis.
At this point, Lance didn't even need to sound the alarm anymore.
These bell sounds worked even better than an alarm.
They instantly jolted countless Marines awake from their sleep.
One by one, they pushed open windows and doors to look into the sky.
And the mont they looked.
They saw aspectacle.
Golden Buddha vs Giant Hamr!
But this ti, the people below finally realized where the problem lay.
Old man Kong and Zephyr exchanged glances.
"You figured it out?"
"Mm. More or less."
Then both nodded.
Suddenly Zephyr cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted toward the sky:
"Hamr! Wake up and forge weapons already!"
Hamr: "!!??"
BOOM!
In the next instant, Hamr's attack frequency increased even more.
Sengoku nearly lost control on the spot.
Good thing he reacted fast enough, otherwise Hamr would've made his Buddha Bell vibrate into pieces.
Panicking slightly, he imdiately increased the output of his shockwaves while shouting downward: "Zephyr, you bastard!"
"What are you trying to do?!"
"Oh, nothing."
"Just testing our theory."
After that little experint, Zephyr understood sothing clearly.
'Hamr had definitely beco lost regarding the path he wanted to walk.'
'Otherwise he wouldn't react so violently to the words "forge weapons."'
'But what exactly had caused him to beco confused about his own life?'
That part Zephyr still couldn't understand.
Instead, the Shirley and Hina standing behind him seed to realize sothing.
The two girls simultaneously shouted toward the sky: "Marines!"
The instant Hamr heard it, he went even crazier.
Sengoku beca even more depressed, but now he more or less understood Hamr's situation too.
"Dammit, Hamr!"
"What conflict is there between being a Marine and forging weapons?!"
"You stupid brat!"
Sengoku, who had dedicated his entire life to the Marines, completely failed to understand why Hamr would beco confused about being a Marine.
In his anger, the power of his shockwaves suddenly increased dramatically.
No matter how violently Hamr exploded with power, he still couldn't cross even a single step beyond the barrier.
"So that's it…"
"Being a Marine and forging weapons… that's the reason Hamr fell into confusion?"
Zephyr suddenly fell silent.
He simply couldn't understand.
'Why would Hamr beco conflicted about those two things?'
'One was his identity.'
'The other was his pursuit.'
'It made no sense.'
The more Zephyr thought about it, the angrier he beca.
He suddenly turned around and ran straight toward the training camp.
"Zephyr, where are you going?"
Old man Kong tried to stop him.
But Zephyr moved too quickly and with far too much montum.
There was no stopping him.
"Forget it."
"We can't let Hamr continue like this."
"Sengoku!"
"Drop your Buddha Bell for one second!"
"I'm going in!"
Old man Kong's body beca wrapped entirely in Armant Haki, making him look like a black iron tower.
"Got it!"
The two moved with incredible speed.
Within a single breath, the Buddha Bell disappeared for one second before imdiately reforming.
And during that one second, old man Kong had already rushed directly in front of the hamr and swung his pitch-black fist downward.
"Hamr!"
"Wake up!"
DUANG!
The only response he received, was a massive hamr strike.
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